# romanticism gothicaesthetics narnia vampires otd

Seeing as we're now officially into Autumn seems a good opportunity to share a panel of 's fantastic artwork for 'The Wild Huntsman' (full of seasonal colours.) The ancient Germanic ghost story which inspired Sleepy Hollow - part of 'Early Haunts.'

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2020-09-23

I am the Lady of the Green Kirtle, in C.S. Lewis', The Silver Chair. My realm is the underworld. My fairy animal the horse Snowflake. As for my relationship with humans, I seduce &imprison them, like that Prince Rillian. https://t.co/OB2oFiBzEh

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2020-09-09

Hekate is a goddess in ancient Greek mythology. She is associated with crossroads,entrance-ways, night,magic,witchcraft,knowledge of poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery. Hekate has been incorporated in neopaganism, in some cases associated with the Wild Hunt

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2020-09-09

A somewhat degenerate albino from a dying elfin race
A black, soul-eating runesword that's actually a chaos demon
Jagreen Lern, Theocrat of Pan Tang (among others)
Basically... bringing about the end of the world

https://t.co/QqmDypQ2Ce

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2020-09-02

Bödvar Bjarki /
Trance-induced battle bear /
King Adils of Sweden /
& King Hrolf Kraki’s honor!
https://t.co/pzr16OSMR4

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2020-09-02

In medieval times it was believed that Bufonite, a mythical gem found in the heads of poison toads, was a powerful antidote to poison. Toadstone jewelry became all the rage, though the magical "gems" were really made from the fossilized teeth of Lepidotes fish.

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2020-09-02

I am Egil Skallagrimsson /
Right-hand man and close confidant of Erik Bloodaxe and his queen, Gunnhild /
A peaceful man of calm and restraint /
And the wise, amicable legal proceedings found in my saga form the basis for modern Iceland’s court system
https://t.co/POTqbmFpll

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2020-08-26

UNDEAD CROSSROADS In Romanian lore, people who are destined to become after death send their souls out of their bodies at night to wander with reanimated corpses at crossroads https://t.co/VRyG4EXF72

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2020-08-26

August 6, 1848, a sighting of great importance to the lore of sea serpents occurred when crew of the HMS Daedalus reported a frightening monster from the deep. Could it be the giant oarfish? It is rarely seen as they live at depths up to 1000ft & grow to 36 feet.

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2020-08-26

‘Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied,—
‘If you seek for Eldorado!’ (Edgar Allan Poe)

Dulac's take on Poe's moribund questing knight for the today's somehow ghost-themed

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2020-08-19

I am the ghost of Annabel Lee.
I was killed by angels jealous of the strength of my love for Edgar.
I haunt my love's grave.
I am fettered to this existence by an annoying raven with a one word vocabulary.

https://t.co/gsAo8C3ssh

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2020-08-19

I am the Shadow from Usula Le Guin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea. I have come out of the realms of the long dead, and am rampaging around the isles of Earthsea. My summoning ritual was the illconsidered spell spoken by that young fool Ged. I'll teach him a lesson. https://t.co/E3EQYeH7c2

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2020-08-12

Fishing, style (art mostly by and a bit by me)

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2020-08-12

Poet and artist William Blake died in 1827. His 1795 work The Night of Enitharmon's Joy, or Hecate, was said to represent “the domineering Female Will"

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2020-08-12

I am the demon of the arbors

My plane of existence is Mirkwood Forest

Along with my dryad sisters, we summon the spirts of the woodlands with our dance

Our intention is to bring karmic destruction to those who violate our pristine realm

https://t.co/x7bwtIcKmI

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2020-08-12

The Perseids are a meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. The meteors are called the Perseids because the point from which they appear to hail lies in the constellation Perseus. Some Catholics refer to the Perseids as the "tears of Saint Lawrence".

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2020-08-12

I am visiting Earth. I appear as an airbrushed human, normally I float in the Bardo until I am bored or hear music I like, my mode of travel is a white heron & my objective is to stare into the sea waiting for an ideal fish to jump out of a placid sea. https://t.co/3pq6ukgNWF

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2020-08-06